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NEWS ABOUT: Iraqi Parliament

Iraqi Parliament stories: 14 news summaries

Iraqi Shiites Ditch Maliki in New Coalition

Group favors a government more closely allied with Iran

Aug 24, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s major Shiite parties have formed a new coalition without Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki or his Dawa Party, they announced today. That means that unless Maliki finds new allies, he will likely lose his job following the January elections. If the new coalition wins a majority, he’ll be... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraqi elections

Iraqi Lawmakers End Standoff, Pick Speaker

Sunni engineer vows
to work with Shiites, expedite reforms

Apr 19, 09 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq ended months of political paralysis today by selecting Ayad al-Samarai as its new parliamentary speaker, the BBC reports. An even-tempered Sunni engineer, al-Samarai failed to win a big enough majority for 4 months because of fears he sought to oust Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Los Angeles Times... More »

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Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • reforms

Economic
Woes Threaten
Iraq's Stability

Declining oil prices
and aid cancel urgently needed rebuilding

Feb 26, 09 7:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Countries around the world are suffering budget shortfalls and declining exports, but few nations have seen as calamitous a fall in revenues as Iraq. As oil prices have plummeted and American financial support has dried up, Iraq is canceling projects and struggling to pay government employees. As the New York ... More »

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Iraq • oil • Iraqi Parliament • recession • Iraq reconstruction • economic downturn

 Iraq OKs US Troops
 for 3 More Years  

Pact gives Iraqis more oversight over American presence

Nov 27, 08 8:14 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's parliament today passed a security pact with the US that lets American troops stay in the country for 3 more years. The ruling coalition's Shiite and Kurdish blocs as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc backed the "yes" vote, the AP reports. The parliament speaker said an... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • Iraqi Parliament • US troops • soldier • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

Iraq Parliament Delays Vote on US Security Pact

Political bargaining forces postponement to tomorrow

Nov 26, 08 10:42 AM CST
(AP) - Intense dealmaking among Iraq's political factions has delayed until tomorrow a parliamentary vote on the security pact that would allow American forces to stay in the country through 2011. The Shiite-led government is struggling to meet the demands of political blocs, including a large group of Sunni Arab lawmakers, seeking... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • US military • Sunnis • vote • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

Fisticuffs Over Security Deal End Session of Iraqi Parliament

Sadr ally allegedly shoves speaker

Nov 19, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Discussion of the security deal between the US and Iraq deteriorated into a shouting match between members of the Iraqi parliament today, the New York Times reports. Parliament is scheduled to vote on the measure next week, but could not get through a reading of the agreement today before an... More »

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Iraq • Iraqi Parliament • United States • America • Iraq parliament • Iraq security • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr

Iraq Ends Ban on Saddam-Era Baath Officials

Will allow thousands of civil servants to reapply for jobs, pensions

Jan 12, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi parliament today cleared the way for former members of Saddam's Baath party to rejoin the government and military, the BBC reports. The move is seen as a way to smooth tensions between Shiites, who control the new government, and Sunnis, who ruled under Saddam and dominated the Baath... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • Sunnis • Baath Party

Iraq Gov't Fails Progress Report

US-backed regime lags on all economic and political targets

Jul 10, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi government has failed to meet any of the benchmarks for reforms mandated when Congress funded the troop surge, according to a progress report due out this week. An unnamed official tells the AP that the disappointing outcome will accelerate the administration's decision-making process on Iraq, but another anonymous... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • Democrats • Republican • troop surge • Iraqi Parliament • Senate • GOP • progress report • Iraqi interim government • Iraq war

Iraqi PM in Trouble With Fellow Shiites

Top officials threaten
to jump ship over continuing violence

Jun 21, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disillusionment with PM Nouri al-Maliki is growing within the Iraqi government.  Vice President Abdul Mahdi resigned last week--he was persuaded to stay, at least  temporarily--and others may follow, the Washington Post reports. Discontent stems from Mailiki's apparent inability to curb violence, boost the economy and build power-sharing with the... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • Samarra • Abdul Mahdi

Iraq Misses Mark on US Demands

Sectarian political deadlock stymies progress on mandated milestones

Jun 13, 07 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi government has flubbed virtually all of the legal benchmarks proscribed by the US occupation. Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish blocs in Iraq's legislature have so far failed to agree on watershed issues like distributing oil wealth, debaathification, and curbing sectarian violence; now scorekeepers are saying no major legislation will... More »

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Iraq • Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurds • Ahmad Chalabi • Ayatollah Sistani

Sunnis Threaten To Quit Cabinet

The largest Sunni
Arab bloc in parliament issues an ultimatum

May 1, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The largest bloc of Sunni Arabs in Iraq's parliament threatened to pull its five ministers out of the cabinet yesterday, the New York Times reports. To forestall the pullout, which would further undermine the faltering government, President Bush phoned Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab vice president, to discuss their concerns. More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Iraqi Parliament • Iraqi Consensus Front • Tariq al Hashemi • Baath Party

Al-Sadr Cronies Quit Cabinet

Apr 16, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six cabinet members loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have made good on their threat to resign from the Iraqi parliament, after the Prime Minister refused to set a date for the Americans to leave. But they insist—in spite of a spate of violence yesterday and today that many... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Iraqi Parliament • troop withdrawal • Muqtada al-Sadr

Eight Dead
In Bombing
of Iraqi Parliament

Suspected suicide bomber was
bodyguard of Sunni MP

Apr 12, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eight people, including three lawmakers, were killed and at least 30 wounded when a suicide bomber eluded the normally heavy security around the Green Zone and  denonated an explosion in the cafeteria of the Iraqi parliament. Officials believe the culprit was the bodyguard of a Sunni legislator not among the... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • terrorism • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • Iraqi Parliament • Green Zone • bombing • US Army • al-Qaeda

Explosion Rocks Iraqi Parliament

Blast in Green Zone, killiing two MPs, comes hours after bridge attack

Apr 12, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - An explosion hit a restaurant inside the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad today, killing two members of parliament, wounding dozens and creating chaos in the capitol. The blast occurred when many MPs were having lunch, on a day when parliament was in session. The parliament building is deep within Baghdad's heavily... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Baghdad • Iraqi Parliament • Green Zone • violence • bombing • Mahmoud Mashhadani

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